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Eye Candy for Today: Arthur Rackham illustration for Götterdämmerung
The ring upon thy hand — / … ah, be implored! / For Wotan fling it away! (from Götterdämmerung) One of the many beautiful and sensitively realized illustrations the brilliant “Golden Age” British illustrator Aurhur Rackham did of the stories from Richard Wagner’s “Ring Cycle” series of operas. From this set on Wikimedia Commons. For…
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Eye Candy for Today: Arthur Rackham illustration from The Valkyrie
Illustration from Wagner’s The Valkyrie, Arthur Rackham From The Golden Age Site. Another beautiful classic from the Golden Age of Illustration. They don’t call it the Golden Age for nothing. For more, see my previous posts on Arthur Rackham, and here and here.
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Eye Candy for Today: Arthur Rackham Rhinegold illustration
Rhinegold and the Valkyries, page 28, by Arthur Rackham Image from Wikimedia Commons For more on Rackham, and additional links to images and resources, see my most recent post on Authur Rackham.
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Arthur Rackham (update)
Arthur Rackham was one of the greatest illustrators of the turn of the 20th century Golden Age of Illustration, that is to say one of the greatest illustrators of all time. Though many are familiar with his beautiful illustrations for Rip van Winkle (images above, top), which established his reputation, and Gulliver’s Travels, as well…
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Arthur Rackham
British book illustrator Arthur Rackham, who was active from the late 1800’s to the 1930’s, was one of the all time great illustrators and one of my favorites. He was particularly noted for his illustrations of children’s books. Whatever he tackled, Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Rip van Winkle, The Wind in the Willows,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Tenniel’s Jabberwock
The Jabberwock, John Tenniel, pen and ink. I don’t know the size or location of the original drawing. Link is to the image page on Wikipedia, which in turn links to a very high resolution image (11.62 mb). John Tenniel’s beautifully iconic illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s books have never been equaled for their visual charm…